Device for tissue removal

US12357331B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. · US

Inventors

• SHANNON SMITH KENWOOD · Milford, US
• Peter L. Dayton · Brookline, US
• Katharine Eckerline · Boston, US
• Wei Li Fan · Boston, US
• Douglas Melanson · Natick, US
• Mark C. Bates · Watauga, US
• Gaurav Rohatgi · Franklin, US
• Alex Broerman · Somerville, US
• Benjamin August Rothenberg Peterson · Cambridge, US
• Jeff Gray · Lexington, US
• Barry Weitzner · Acton, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 16, 2020
• Grant date: Jul 15, 2025
• Expiry date: Jan 6, 2042

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B2017/320008
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A medical device that comprises a rim defining a loop in a plane and defining a width measured perpendicular to the plane, at least one wire coupled to a distal end of the rim and extending proximally from the distal end out of the plane to a proximal end of the rim, the at least one wire having a cross-sectional dimension measured perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the at least one wire, the cross-sectional dimension being smaller than the width of the rim, and a sheath configured to cover at least a portion of the rim and a portion of the at least one ware.